The econo-environmental return (EER): A link between environmental impacts and economic aspects in a life cycle thinking perspective

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 246-251

  Bage, Gontran F ^a   Samson, Réjean ^a  

^a Department of Chemical Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision making; Econo environmental return (EER); Environmental impacts; Environmental return (ER); Life cycle assessment (LCA); Life cycle costing (LCC); Return on environment (ROE); Total cost assessment (TCA)

Indexed keywords

NYLON; POLYESTER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONO ENVIRONMENTAL RETURN; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE COST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RECYCLING; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0042707650     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02978481     Document Type: Review

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